End construction for railway-cars.



PATENTED SEPT. l0, 1907'.

A. BECKER. END GONSTRUGTION POP. RAILWAY GARS.

.APPLIOATION FILED MAY`10, 1907.

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A. BECKER. 'BNDCONSTRUCTON FOR RAIL-WAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1907.

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[N VEN TOR AN'ronEoKsn, orcoLUtrBUs, OH'IQASSIGNOR 'ro THE' -RAt's'roN STEEL oARcoMPAnY END coNs'rnUc'rron ron' nAILwnY-cms,

'"Specitcqi-on of Letters .Patenti Application tiled-Hay 10,1907. SOYBI ND- 372,938.

To all 'whom it may concern: r

in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, hiwc invented certnin new und useful Improvements in End Const'r'ueiions for Railway-Cars; and i do hereby dcclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention', such as will enable others skilled `in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the end.

construction of railway cars, and lmore particularly to an improvedl end plato or butiing block,-the object of the'invention being-to obviate the use of a sheet metal end plate such as heretofore commonlyemployed,

and to provide an end plate or butiing block which shall be strong and substantial in construction and which will be capable of ywithstanding` :iiistrains to'which itfma'y certain novel features of construction and combinations :1nd arrangements of parts as' hcreinaftcrset forth and.-

pointed out in the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings: Figurel is ziview'of a portion of the end of a cnn-showing theapplicnti'on of my improvements thereto: yi ig.2 is nscetional view'of the same; Fig..3ris a-view in section ohltlreiline '1r-.r of Fig. 1;Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of nl irnpmved lili'ffing block, showing the rear side therepf, `and VFig-."5 is a sectional view of nportion of n intr and showing :i inodiiieation-of the'buiiing block.

1 represents the end sill of a cnr under-frame; 2, 2, the

cnd stakes, and 3, 3 -t-he dmft sills.

4 represents myimproved end plate or lruiling block,

which isn casting having :lwide'upperlxirtion 5 provided with :t series of holes 6 for the pnssnge of bolts 7 which secure the `huiling plate or block to the end sill 1 asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. 'iiiewideupper portion of theplatc or block, is provided on its front in ce with a series of parallel strengthening rilis 7, and ribs S project rearwardly from the rearvfaice of the wide upper por-.

tion of the plate or'bloek and -nre disposed under the end siili ns shown in Fig.. 2. If desired, the plate or lilock muy be provided with a rearwardly projecting flange 9, :is shown in Fig4 5, disposed ondertite lower lnnge oi' the end sill i und riveted thereto. The ribs 8 are connected lay n-inrizontnlly-disrximwl rih or [hinge i0 ut the bose of the upper wide portion of the plnte or hioek, und extending downwardly from the ril or flange l0 nt the side edges of the intermediate portion of the plnte or block, :ire rearwardly pmjecting ribs or flanges 12. 'ihcse vertical (hinges or ribs i2, connect., :it their lower ends, with horizontal flanges or ribs 13 which project rearwardly from thelwide lower or base portion 14 of the plate or block.

, The draft sills 3 are disposed at the respective sides of the narrower or intermediate portion of the plate or block and are secured to the vertical ribs or tianges 12 thereof, bymcans of rivets 15. The forward ends of the draft sills have their lower portions cut away, so ns -to permit said forwarducncls of the draft silis to 'rest upon the h'or'tontai ribs 13, and bracing webs 16 connect the flanges or bs 13 with the front member of the plate or block nt respective en'ds of the base portion of the latter. v

The plate or block is made-with an opening 17 for the 'A rest bar 20for the draft sppliiiii'ccs, is made in the form `of`an anglebarvan'd extends across the lowerportion of the opcning`17,-`the ends of this bar being sel cured to the-baseporti `n of theplute or blockby means `of -bolts 2l, 'audio thchorizontnl flanges or ribs 13 by nieans'of boitsi22.

Various slight'charigcs mightfbe made in the details of instruction vof my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or`limiting its scope and hence I do not'wish limit myself tothe precise details herefh set forth; i

Ilnving'futly described my invention. what I claim :is new and desire to secure by Leiters Patent is:

1. A'n end pinne or builing block lfor n cnr. comprising n casting dnptcd 'for `nitnchincnt to the end siii or the can'y and'provided ut its upper portion vwith forwardly pro- Jet-ting ribs, sold existing also imving rerlrwnrdiy projecting tinngcs or ribs for attachment to the drntt sills ot the cnr.

L. An endpiate'or ii'tidirig block i'or a chr, comprising n contini: ndarpted for uttuchni'cnt to the end sill of n car nml provid with ribs o r iiuuges projecting rearwardly yso ns to h'c disposed under sold 'end 'siii, two n! said ribs or Y the pln'te or idock" to tirs draft sills ut the csr.

4. An end pintc or hurting block for a rnilwny car, comprising :l costing ndnptnlde for nttnehmcnt toy the end sill or n enr nnd'hnving nn opening for the accommodation ot the druft devices snid costing hnvlng horizontally disposed ribs or tiunges projecting rcnrwnrdiy therefrom over the montes sepmo, 19o?.

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g Q I 865,854 w i I' base'portion thereotn angie Bar'beiiind tuile from: fece i portlos vof the dr'at't gills, and a bag siecured ita sid buse 'of tile casting extending across the lower portion pt tile l portion aud exteniihg aprons the opening'in the plate 0r ppeniug in the casting. g'md fsst'elug devices securing said biock thrugi: whichv tile draft devices pilas. l

'u xgie irpn4 ijar t'o the xfealj 4talee ot th` e casting and to said in testimony whereol h'rave signed'this specification' in iioutniiy disposed l 1 the-presence ot two svubscribin'gwitn'esse." lhleco'mblpation with'tiigehdiii and'drait silil'ot a .j 'L @ter having forward fnde.A of an end I ANTQN BECKER* block yui Janmdepending from f he \'itn'es'ses: 'avinislvtermedidteportion'secured tq un;v E. S. gunman,

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